Piano

play The Piano Lesson, Boy WIllie and his sister Berniece fight over what to do with the treasured Piano that was left to them by their late ancestors. Boy WIllie wants to sell the piano in order to buy Sutter's land. Berniece, on the other hand, is horrified at the idea of selling the piano because of it's importance to her family and her heritage. Wilson uses the land and the piano as a way to look back on the Charles's past and a source of conflict in his play The Piano Lesson. The piano is…

Introduction One of the most remarkable composers of the nineteenth century, Chopin composed exclusively for the piano and his music is innovative with a particular repertoire of technical and expressive devices. His musical style can be described as unique because of his variety and complexity of compositional techniques. The Piano Sonata Op.35 No.2 is an illustration of Chopin’s musical style where he explores several elements found in the nineteenth century music such as the “idea of…

1. The piano sonata was a genre that was very important to the Classical Era and that somewhat evolved from the regular sonata. The piano sonata was an instrumental work that was designed for two pianos, or similarly one other instrument (violin, cello, etc.) and a piano. This genre became very important for amateurs who wanted to practice and perform in the comfort of their own home and for composers who wished to express the conversation-like aspects of this genre. 2. Ludwig Van Beethoven has…

as the piano. With 88 different keys on the piano you can imagine just how many melodic sounds it could create. But how did the piano come to be? Or better yet, who created the piano you may wonder. Well, it all began with an Italian keeper of instruments named Bartolomeo Cristofori. When harpsichord manufacturers wanted a more dynamic sound from a different instrument, Bartolomeo Cristofori had just the right invention which was known as the pianoforte, or in more modern terms, the piano.…

shouldn’t mind the people listening around you. I have chosen to learn how to play the piano from the ground up because I have never played an instrument before and I wanted to go beyond my comfort zone, I have always done art and learning the piano is beyond what I would have done. I’m excited to keep improving with the piece I have chosen to play for my final product: Beauty and the Beast. The first piano was built in 1700 by Bartolomeo Cristofori in Florence. Instruments like spinets,…

1. Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat major Op. 27 No. 1 Objective Description: The first movement, No. 13 in E-flat major Op. 27 begins with a soft note that goes higher note as steps. The same melody repeats few times, then the sound goes gradually louder the sound, but at the certain point, the sound suddenly goes small like pianissimo. Then three note beats that repeats, then smaller touch of pair starts. Then, the same melody gets faster and faster. This piece ends by the same melody…

paper.In all my years of playing piano, I practiced the bare minimum for auditions and recitals alike, and that thoroughly frustrated my parents and my teacher. I had never liked practicing piano, but that changed in middle school when I happened upon a Chinese movie called Secret. Not only was I in love with the movie, I loved the soundtrack even more. Normally, I do not notice the background music of movies, but Secret had such compelling music that I bought the piano book containing all of…

monochromatic sound from the piano was unmoving. However, as my disappointment about the lack of adversity coming from the piano invaded my thoughts, the mood of the piece shifted to a minor key a more ominous sound came from the baritone. For me, being able to hear such a distinct shift in the overall mood of the piece and hearing a change in the dynamic contrast made this particular section the most notable throughout the piece. The baritone's voice got extremely low as result of the piano…

I listened to a CD of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 and Piano Sonata No. 7. The arrangement was performed by the Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra with Richard Meyrick at the piano and Balázas Kocsár was the conductor. After researching this group of people I learned that the conductor is considered one of the best conductors in Hungary and had been conducting the orchestra for many years. I also learned that Piano Concerto No. 5 was the last piano concerto Beethoven completed and it had…

attend a piano concert because piano was an instrument that I have been playing since a young age. I enjoyed playing it but became bored of playing the piano so I quit. Later however, I did pick it up again and started to self teach myself a few songs and then started to play it again. I remembered a few things here and there that I had learned when I was younger and started to play decently well. I find that this piano concert was very interesting. I have only gone to a couple of piano concerts…